1966 Topps #522 Phil Linz
About Phil Linz
Card #522 is a series-6 base card and Linz's first as a Phillie, Topps having caught up with the offseason trade that sent him to Philadelphia for fellow utility man Ruben Amaro. The season printed on the back was his last in pinstripes and his quietest: a .207 average with two home runs and 16 RBI in 99 games, played under Johnny Keane, the manager the Yankees brought in after firing Berra.
Philip Francis Linz was born June 4, 1939, in Baltimore, Maryland, a Calvert Hall College High School product who spent five years in the Yankees' farm system, batting .304 with fifteen home runs mostly at shortstop, reaching the majors in 1962. Across seven seasons he was a utility infielder for the Yankees (1962-1965), Philadelphia Phillies (1966-1967) and New York Mets (1967-1968), covering shortstop, second, third and the outfield well enough to earn the nickname 'Supersub.' His lasting fame traces to a team bus in Chicago on August 20, 1964, where his harmonica rendition of 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' set off manager Yogi Berra; the harmonica came loose and cut Joe Pepitone's knee, and the episode convinced the Yankees' front office that Berra had lost the clubhouse, costing him his job at season's end despite an American League pennant. Linz retired in 1968 with a .235 average, 11 home runs and 96 RBI over 519 games, and died December 9, 2020, in Leesburg, Virginia.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 268 | 2 | 45 | 132 | 48 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted. Where SGC registers no separate row for a variation state, its slabs of that card are listed under the base state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1966 Topps #522 card?
It is card #522 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Phil Linz of the Philadelphia Phillies.
Why is #522 harder to find?
It is from the sixth print series, #447-522 - noticeably tougher than the first five. Nothing in #447-522 is short-printed.
How many cards are in the 1966 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 613 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps and no number used twice, and 14 cards carry catalogued print variations - five checklists, the trade and sold statement backs, the three-state #43 Don Landrum, three team-card dot pairs and the #161 Jerry Lumpe white streak - that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, Baseball-Reference, the SABR BioProject and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-10-11.